Documenting Selma, From the Inside

The best-known images of the civil rights era were often dramatic and shocking, intentionally so, to jar a nation into action. But James Barker provided a quieter, insider’s perspective to the daily struggle.Read more »

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Arthur Tress’s forays into his archives have already graced Lens with classic views of San Francisco. His latest offering comes from a 1967 trip to Russia, where he chronicled daily life amid Soviet pageantry.Read more »

Look From Behind, With Feeling

The eyes may be the windows to the soul. But the New York Times staff photographer Nicole Bengiveno has learned that taking someone’s picture from behind can result in images full of soul and mystery.Read more »

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Pictures of the Day: Ukraine and Elsewhere

Pictures of the Day: Ukraine and Elsewhere

About Lens

Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting -- photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers, it also seeks to highlight the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print, in books, in galleries, in museums and on the Web. And it will draw on The Times's own pictorial archive, numbering in the millions of images and going back to the early 20th century. E-mail us tips, story suggestions and ideas to lensnytimes@gmail.com.